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Historical Event on 12/19/1999

The President and the Prime Minister express shock over the bid to assassinate the Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/21/1835Biharilal Chakravorty, Bengali poet, was born.
9/26/1946Gandhiji was interviewed with Wavell.
5/3/1969Shri Varahagiri Venkatagiri (1884-1980) became the acting President of India.
12/17/1972New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India & Pakistan.
3/1/2000P.Harikrishna becomes India's youngest International Master in the Sangli International chess tournament.
11/30/1858Jagdish Chandra Bose, botonist and physics expert, was born at Mymensingh (now in Bangladesh).
12/12/2000A special court for CBI cases rejects Hinduja brothers' plea and summons them to appear on January 19, 2001.
4/2/1980S. S. Grewal was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 30-04-1981.
10/16/1990Om Shivpuri, famous film and theatre artist, died.
2/7/1983Eastern News Agency was established in Calcutta .